Minecraft Snapshot 12w21b - Part 1

A bunch of new exciting things were added in this snapshot and the previous snapshot 12w21a so I thought I'd better write about them.

I'll start with the new creative inventory, this new implemented inventory has a handy tab system that separates the items into their respectful groups for easier spotting and adds functionality that the creative inventory was lacking beforehand.

I like the fact that they added a "Survival Inventory" tab so you can place items in if you're changing gamemode and whatnot.

Also a helpful "Search Items" tab has been added for those really hard to spot items. 

FINALLY... Testificates/Villagers have a purpose rather than walking around doing nothing. These guys will now offer to trade with you, and the in-game currency at this time is the new added ore 'Emerald'. These emeralds are apparently quite rare and hard to find so be on the lookout.

"Me pretending to find emeralds"

To mine emeralds you need either a iron or diamond pickaxe, wood/stone/gold pickaxes don't work.

Now back to the trading. Testificates can offer many things to sell or buy from you. A lot of the trades are rip-off considering that emeralds are such a rare find so watch out. When you complete a trade with a Testificate they will give off a purple swirls, similar to potion effects, and most of them will allow you to trade something else with them.

"Trade complete animation"

PYRAMIDS

These are found in desert biomes, and inside they hold treasure (might want to watch out for the dodgy looking pressure plate if you value your life).

                                                    Will finish part 2 of this later

[Map] Kino der Toten (Nazi Zombies)

Kino der Toten

I'm working on the Nazi zombies map Kino der Toten in Minecraft. I just recently finished the starting room and the Theatre and decided to put it up on here so you guys can test it out.

MAP

Kino der Toten.v3: Download

Required Texture Pack: Download

To play this properly, you need to play on Hard difficulty

(zombies can only break down doors in hard difficulty)

(Suggestion to add doors made by zon360)

Have fun guys!

If you enjoyed the map or want to suggest something to add,

leave a comment below!

Did you know...

•  You can use saplings as fuel for furnaces.
• Creepers will drop a music disc if killed by a skeleton
• If a creeper is struck by lightning, it will become a charged creeper
• The explosion of a charged creeper is much more powerful and has a higher blast radius than a normal one

Dr Zhark's Mo' Creatures Mod

This is one of the most beautifully executed mods in Minecraft, with new stuff being added all the time. Basically this mod adds new mobs to the game, both hostile and normal mobs. There are so many new mobs added with this mod that I won't be able to write about them all.


Dolphins - These little critters are rideable (if you feed them fish) and you can also breed them with other dolphins to get some cute dolphin babies.



Crocodiles - These guys are nasty, capable of picking you up in the water and thrashing you about til death. Watch out for these little buggers.

Bunnies - Cute little mobs that don't really do that much. You can tame them by picking them up, and if you keep 2 tamed bunnies in an enclosed space they will breed.

Birds - These mobs can be handy, to tame them just drop some seeds in front of them, if you pick them up (by right-clicking them) you can glide safely down from heights.

I will be adding more to this article soon.

Minecraft Introduction

Minecraft is an indie game originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson. This game began with a small following but is now widely popular, with 5,896,755 sales so far and continuously rising.

With the wide variety of things to do in the game, Minecraft rarely becomes boring, whether you're making a farm, slaughtering zombies, or mining for precious resources there's always a good time to be had. The amount of custom mods and maps that are created by other players mean hours and hours of fun for you alone, or with friends.

Go forth and punch trees!